Heaven is For Real is touching my heart in ways not many books have. So far its simple, interesting, but yet powerful. Right now I am at the peek of the book. Its very stressful because there is a lot going on. I seriously can't put down the book... I need to find out what happens to Colton! In my introduction post I shared that I read Colton was in the hospital in the Prologue, but it is much more intense actually reading the Hospital scene for yourself. Before I knew that Colton was sick on the family trip but I didn't know it was going to get this serious. I read in the last chapter that the family had to end their vacation and take him to the Hospital. He had a ruptured appendix.
This meant that he had to go into emergency surgery. When I found out about this I was very surprised because I thought he just had a virus. My heart melted for his family because I know how scary it can be to have a loved one go into surgery. What I found amazing, was how the family dealt with the news. The first thing they did after he was in the surgery room was to call everyone they knew to pray for him. I thought this was so nice and thoughtful. If I were in Coltons situation I would love it if my parents did that for me.
I thought the turning point of the book was when the Nurse wheeled him away for surgery. This turned the story form a regular story about a Ministers family to a story about Coltons survival. I think anyone would be upset reading this part. What made it extra depressing was when Coltons mom said, "we are never going to see our boy alive again." I was hard not to believe what she said considering how dangerous the surgery was that Colton was entering. I was so relived when I found out that Colton lived and it made me really believe that the praying worked. I think even with out Coltons later stories about going to Heaven and back even his survival is a miracle.
This story will just simply walk up to the door of your heart and quietly knock on it while offering an amazing touching and inspirational story. So far I love this book and would highly recommend it! I am looking forward to reading about Coltons later stories about his trip to Heaven.
In my blogs this tri (especially the one above) I tried to craft my writers voice with diction and Syntax. In this post I used a lot of syntax. I used commas to make each point more emphasized. I also used lots of exclamation points to make myself seem exited to tell about my reading. Lastly, I used ... (three dots)to allow my reader to pause and realize how important what ever they just read or are going to read. For example when I was talking about my reading I said, " I seriously can't put down the book... I need to find out what happens to Colton!" I also used diction throughout the passage. I used words that were pleasing to the ear such as- "ruptured" and depressing." An example of this was when I was talking about Colton and said " He had a ruptured appendix." By using the word ruptured it makes the condition seem a lot worse. Overall I believe that I did a good job including Syntax and Diction in the post.
My goal for this trimester was to read my book a little bit every couple of days vs. spreading out my reading too much. Another goal that I made was to blog more often and to make my blogs more connected to the readers and more of posts that I am interested in and other would be to. Overall, I think I did a good job of keeping up with these two goals. I took the time to read my book and it payed off not only through my blogs but I also really liked my book and I found it more fun to read. This was something I wanted to happen for a very long time- I am so glad that I chose the book that I did. Reading more also made blogging more fun because I was always coming up with new interesting ideas for blogs. This trimester blogging has also shown me how to find my voice and connect with my readers a lot more. I did this by keeping my reading fun and light- (kind of like a journal.) This worked well for me and I think I accomplished my goal in that area. Overall, I think my blogging and reading skills have improved this trimester. I accomplished my goals.
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